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Great Western Society Limited

Didcot Railway Centre

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
272616
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 1, 1977
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 7NJ

Activities

1) To preserve, restore and operate as a permanent public exhibition and museum, steam and other railway locomotives, rolling stock and equipment, both for historical and educational purposes, and2) To make available for public reference the history, equipment and operation all with reference to both the former Great Western Railway and its successors since nationalisation on 1 January 1948

Objects: (A) To Preserve, Restore And Operate As A Permanent Public Exhibition And Museum For The Advancement Of Technical Historical And General Education And For Permanent Preservation Display And Demonstration Steam And Other Railway Locomotives Rolling Stock Equipment Machinery And Relics Of Historical Operational And General Interest And Educational Value With Particular Reference To The Former Great Western Railway.(b) To Collect, Collate, Exchange, Make Available For Public Reference And Publish Information Concerning The History, Equipment And Operation Of The Former Great Western And Other Railways.(c) To Undertake Such Other Activities Of An Exclusively Charitable Nature As May In The Opinion Of The Association Be Conveniently Or Advantageously Undertaken In Connection With The Foregoing Objects Of The Association.(d)(i) To Undertake The Purchase Of And To Preserve And Operate Items Of Equipment Locomotives ( Of Any Power Source) And Rolling Stock Produced And Used By British Railways Western Region And Its Successors Since The Nationalisation Of The Great Western Railway On The 1St January 1948.(D)(ii) The Association Is Authorised To Preserve, Restore, And Operate Any Such Equipment Acquired By The Association Under 3(D)(i) Or By Agreement With Any Other Association Or Society Owning And Wishing To Restore Preserve Or Operate The Said Equipment On The Premises Of The Great Western Society LTD. With The Company's Prior Agreement.

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bristol City, Devon, Oxfordshire, Slough, Somerset, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Windsor And Maidenhead

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Jan. 31, 2025 £3,853,845 £2,145,263 £4,664,194 31
Jan. 31, 2024 £2,232,098 £1,785,937 £2,948,603 33
Jan. 31, 2023 £1,696,734 £2,355,117 £2,502,442 26
Jan. 31, 2022 £1,465,300 £1,455,638 £3,160,825 17
Jan. 31, 2021 £1,317,020 £1,390,936 £3,152,986 15

Trustees

Name Appointed
Richard Alan Preston (Chair) Sept. 15, 2018
John Bertram Crouch May 21, 2022
John Plant Oct. 12, 2024
Laura Suzanne Donaldson Sept. 7, 2019
Marita Ann Middleton Oct. 12, 2024
Mokbul Khan Feb. 12, 2021
Richard John Varley April 16, 2016
Robert Heron Nov. 25, 2023